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Quiz about Little Known Massachusetts Facts
Quiz about Little Known Massachusetts Facts

Little Known Massachusetts Facts Quiz


I started this quiz with the idea of just throwing out some of the history that I know. As I went looking through various websites I realized I didn't know half of what there is to know about this state. I learned a great deal. Hope you do too!

A multiple-choice quiz by addytude. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
addytude
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
53,193
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
12 / 25
Plays
1813
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 216 (12/25), Guest 32 (12/25), Guest 32 (20/25).
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Question 1 of 25
1. Where in Massachusetts is the 'Paper House' located? Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. What town is the 'House of Seven Gables' located in? Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. Where in Massachusetts is there a cheese monument? Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. What street is the 'Old State House' on? Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. Where can you see (among other things) the submarine 'Lionfish' and a Japanese Suicide Attack boat? Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. What warship, (one of the oldest in the world) is now berthed in Boston? Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. Where are the ashes of 'Jumbo' the elephant stored? Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. Which friend of Paul Revere's hung the two lanterns in the loft of the Old North Church on April 18, 1775? Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. In what city did Don Featherstone invent that beautiful lawn ornament, the pink flamingo? Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. Where is the 'Irish Famine Memorial' located? Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. Where is the Massachusetts Maritime Academy located? Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. Nicknamed 'The Big Dig', when was the Central Artery-Tunnel finally completed? Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. Where is the 54th Massachusetts Infantry located? Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. Where is the Museum of Bad Art? Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. How many U.S. presidents were born in Massachusetts? Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. In what county were all of the US presidents born in Massachusetts born? Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. Who wrote the Massachusetts state song, 'All Hail to Massachusetts'? Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. Many, many famous people hail from Massachusetts. Where was John Chapman born? Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. In what Massachusetts city was Leonard Nimoy born? Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. In what Massachusetts city was Eli Whitney born? Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. What color is the ribbon around the shield of the Massachusetts state flag? Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. Where was the birth control pill invented? Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. What date is the 'Boston Tea Party' reenactment every year? Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. What was the year of the first basketball game ever to be played? Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. Which is the first established college in North America? Hint



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1. Where in Massachusetts is the 'Paper House' located?

Answer: Pigeon Cove

Built by Elis F. Stenman in 1922, the entire house and furnishings except for the piano are made of paper. The piano was covered with paper to keep with the theme. Construction was completed in 1924.
2. What town is the 'House of Seven Gables' located in?

Answer: Salem

Salem is known as the 'Halloween Capital of the World'.
3. Where in Massachusetts is there a cheese monument?

Answer: Cheshire

This monument commemorates the making of a half-ton cheese that was sent to president Thomas Jefferson.
4. What street is the 'Old State House' on?

Answer: Washington Street

This building on 206 Washington St. was where the first reading of the 'Declaration of Independence' was to the citizens of Massachusetts. Out in front of the building is where the 'Boston Massacre' occured.
5. Where can you see (among other things) the submarine 'Lionfish' and a Japanese Suicide Attack boat?

Answer: Fall River

They are both located at 'Battleship Cove'.
6. What warship, (one of the oldest in the world) is now berthed in Boston?

Answer: USS Constitution

This ship was nicknamed 'Old Ironsides' because the cannonballs that hit it bounced harmlessly off its sides.
7. Where are the ashes of 'Jumbo' the elephant stored?

Answer: Medford

P. T. Barnum's first elephant, he was run over by a train on Sept. 15, 1885. His skin was preserved and displayed at Tufts University until a fire in 1975. An administrator ran into the building after the fire and scooped up the ashes into a peanut butter jar which is now locked in a safe in the athletic department.
8. Which friend of Paul Revere's hung the two lanterns in the loft of the Old North Church on April 18, 1775?

Answer: Robert Newman

9. In what city did Don Featherstone invent that beautiful lawn ornament, the pink flamingo?

Answer: Leominster

Leominster is fast becoming known as the 'plastic city' because of the number of plastic factories there. The first pink flamingo was made in 1957.
10. Where is the 'Irish Famine Memorial' located?

Answer: Boston

It's located at the corner of Washington and School Streets, on the Freedom Trail. The memorial was dedicated on June 28, 1998.
11. Where is the Massachusetts Maritime Academy located?

Answer: Buzzards Bay

12. Nicknamed 'The Big Dig', when was the Central Artery-Tunnel finally completed?

Answer: 2006

The final ramp downtown, exit 20B from I-93 south to Albany Street, opened January 13, 2006.
13. Where is the 54th Massachusetts Infantry located?

Answer: Readville

Camp Meigs was established in March, 1863 by Robert Gould Shaw, a member of a prominent Boston Abolitionist family.
14. Where is the Museum of Bad Art?

Answer: Dedham

Its motto: 'Art too bad to be ignored.'
15. How many U.S. presidents were born in Massachusetts?

Answer: four

John Adams - 1735 Braintree John Quincy Adams - 1767 Braintree John F. Kennedy - 1917 Brookline George Bush - 1924 Milton
16. In what county were all of the US presidents born in Massachusetts born?

Answer: Norfolk

17. Who wrote the Massachusetts state song, 'All Hail to Massachusetts'?

Answer: Arthur Marsh

18. Many, many famous people hail from Massachusetts. Where was John Chapman born?

Answer: Leominster

aka Johnny Appleseed, his listed profession is 'Nursery Man'
19. In what Massachusetts city was Leonard Nimoy born?

Answer: Boston

'Live long and prosper.'
20. In what Massachusetts city was Eli Whitney born?

Answer: Westborough

Inventor of the cotton gin, among other things.
21. What color is the ribbon around the shield of the Massachusetts state flag?

Answer: Blue

Written in the ribbon is, 'By the sword we seek peace but, peace only under liberty.'
22. Where was the birth control pill invented?

Answer: Worcester

Invented at Clark University.
23. What date is the 'Boston Tea Party' reenactment every year?

Answer: December 16

24. What was the year of the first basketball game ever to be played?

Answer: 1891

That first game was played in Springfield.
25. Which is the first established college in North America?

Answer: Harvard

It was founded in 1636.
Source: Author addytude

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